Impacts on Early Emotional Development

 I chose Viet Nam, In Viet Nam, there are about 1.3 million children with disabilities, according to the most recent official estimates. In Da Nang,Viet-Nam  there is a center that helps children with disabilities, where children are learning to write and read, here they learn basic skills in a friendly and protective environment, and they socialize with others and also received physical therapist. How important is to help children and support to them, I found this article interesting children could learn if we help, and care them with love and patience thinking in their needs.

“Like all children, those with disabilities have many abilities, but are often excluded from society by discrimination and lack of support, leaving them among the most invisible and vulnerable children in the world.”

In Da Nang, Viet Nam, a UNICEF-supported centre for children with disabilities helps provide new opportunities through education, training and therapy.

Unicef is working with governments to insure children with disabilities enjoy the same right with their peers.

 In this center, children like school and they said they learn how to write,” Says 9-year-old Pham Van Trung, who has difficulty hearing and speaking, he is also learning sign language.

 

Children in this center have an equal chance to learn. “But it is not limited to teaching new skills – it also allows the children a rare opportunity to socialize with others living with disabilities and to express themselves in a supportive setting.” Parents know that their children and in a safe and nurturing environment.

“Before coming here, I only stayed home. I helped my parents with house work and took care of my siblings,” explains Ho Thi Lang, who is just over one meter tall and has a hunchback. “Now that I go to the centre, I communicate with people. I have friends and I feel more confident.” This is a good example that children in this center feel secure, respected and support for teachers and other children. And for this reason children could work and development in a better way learning in a healthy environment of love and care.

“We have disabilities. It doesn’t mean that we are useless. We may even be able to do what other people cannot do.”Ho thi Lang.

     Is important to fight to discrimination and recognize de right of all children, be more inclusive stop seeing disabilities before seeing the person. It time to be more humans to give love, patient, support and care for children with disabilities they need us, and we could make a difference in their life’s. Sometimes a smile, a hug an expression of love could make a difference in children with disabilities.

References:

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/vietnam_69515.html

 

 

The Sexualization of Early Childhood

The Sexualization of Early Childhood

I think now children are growing in a sexualized environment, at media TV, shows them products that are for boys or girls, commercial culture bombard children with graphic sexual images, and this type of information the children can understand, and sometimes confused to them. “For instance, younger children have Bratz dolls, which surpassed the sales of Barbie dolls in 2006, and Star Wars action figures, which experience an explosion of sales of highly realistic violent toys every time a movie is released. So girls learn about how sexy is her appearance, and boys learn how strong they are to fight.”( Levin, D. E., & Kilbourne, J. 2009) They learn at a very young age that their value is determined by how beautiful, thin, “hot,” and sexy they are. And boys, who get a very narrow definition of masculinity that promotes insensitivity and macho behavior, are taught to judge girls based on how close they come to an artificial, impossible, and shallow ideal.

These lessons can seriously harm their ability to grow up to have healthy attitudes about themselves and their bodies and to have caring relationships in which sex is an important part.

 

 

·                        We can help children feel safe talking to us ,is important to guide them in a correct way, asking questions, clear their confusions.

·                   Work  together with parents to support children with issues of early sexualization.” is good for parents and schools to give them honest and age-appropriate information.”( Levin, D. E., & Kilbourne, J. 2009.)

·                  “Provide models of caring and affectionate intimate relationships in our own families.”( Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen-Edwards, J. (2010). Pag.96)

References:

Levin, D. E., & Kilbourne, J. (2009). [Introduction]. So sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids (pp. 1-8). New York: Ballantine Books. Retrieved from: http://dianeelevin.com/sosexysosoon/introduction.pdf

Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen-Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-Bias Education for young children and ourselves.

 

 

 

Evaluating Impacts on Professional Practice

Evaluating Impacts on Professional Practice


     As an Early childhood Professional I had some experience of having child of different countries in my class. Learning about different cultures helps me in understand in a better way each child. I think being a teacher is more than teach just A,B,C is giving your time in think and feel what children are feeling, is important to have good communication with them to foster good relationships. Is being a support for their needs, and also teach respect and values that we need to have with others. ”According to Cushner and Brennan (2007), cultural competence is required to be an effective educator.  "Teachers who are culturally competent," they argue, "understand cultural traditions that extend beyond the borders of the United States, can communicate across cultural, and have the expertise prepare learners for living and working in the global community" (p. 10). - See more at: http://www.globalteachereducation.org/global-competence#sthash.d6ZOUAUZ.Udq7BGf0.dpuf

Respecting, Respond and Relationships, is how we need to work every day in our work with children, respect to them, responding is having a good communication with their needs, and finally build relationships to help them in their good development.
     Is time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers, sexist is a thing of the past; women are actually now advantage in our society. Children need to know that women’s could be doctors, that man could help in house work, like cooking.
     Children begin to have their identity when they have 3 years, at this time they learn and absorbs everything like sponges, so negative stereotypes can impede cognitive performance in adults. So is important to be a good role model and always help and give to the children better way to understand that gender is not about what you dress, we need to have a good manner for guide children. Educators need to give children ways to develop anti bias attitude, learn to think critically and speak up if they know something is unfair.
     If I am imagine that I’m an early childhood professional who I’m experiencing one or more of the "-isms" in my personal life, I think for me a person that grows in an environment of love an good care where my parents and teachers gave to me, the necessary tools that I need to grow and succeed later in life. I think it will be more easy for me because I know how to solve problems and I know and learn about bias. I’m a person who speaks up, and I treat people the same as I want to be treated, not be prejudiced, not hurting others, understand their feelings, and respect to them.”The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives “Anthony Robbins.
References:
  Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias   education for young children and ourselves. Washington, D.C.
ttp://www.globalteachereducation.org/global-competence